Georges Braque
Georges Braque was born on May 13, 1882 in Argenteuil Val-d’Oise, France. He trained to be a house painter and decorator like his father and grandfather, and studied artistic painting during evenings at the École des Beaux-Arts, in Le Havre from 1897 to 1899.
In Paris, he apprenticed with a decorator and was awarded his certificate in 1902. Braque then attended the Académie Humbert until 1904. His early works were landscapes and impressionism, but around 1905, he adopted a Fauvist style. In 1907, after the death of his colleague, Paul Cézanne, his works were exhibited at the Salon d’Automne, which greatly affected the avant-garde artists of Paris and later resulted in Cubism. Cubist art is abstract and focuses on the effects of light and perspective, and geometric forms.
Though Georges Braque main field of art was painting, his other fields included drawing, sculpture, and printmaking. His paintings of 1908 to 1913 reflected his new interest in the geometry and simultaneous perspective that is found in Cubism.
Braque painted still-lifes, because they are more accessible than landscape, in relation to perspective, and allow the artist to see the multiple perspectives of the object.
Beginning in 1909, he began to work with Pablo Picasso, who had been developing a similar style of painting. His favored subject matter was developing ideas of multiple perspectives of Paul Cézanne’s, who had greatly influenced Braque.
Thus, the invention of Cubism was a joint effort between Picasso and Braque, and in 1908 they began working on the development of their new art style. Their collaboration continued until World War I, when Braque enlisted in the French army. In 1915, he received a severe head injury in the battle at Carency and suffered temporary blindness.
Georges Braque resumed painting in 1916, and working alone, began moderating the harsh abstraction of Cubism into his more personal style with brilliant
In Paris, he apprenticed with a decorator and was awarded his certificate in 1902. Braque then attended the Académie Humbert until 1904. His early works were landscapes and impressionism, but around 1905, he adopted a Fauvist style. In 1907, after the death of his colleague, Paul Cézanne, his works were exhibited at the Salon d’Automne, which greatly affected the avant-garde artists of Paris and later resulted in Cubism. Cubist art is abstract and focuses on the effects of light and perspective, and geometric forms.
Though Georges Braque main field of art was painting, his other fields included drawing, sculpture, and printmaking. His paintings of 1908 to 1913 reflected his new interest in the geometry and simultaneous perspective that is found in Cubism.
Braque painted still-lifes, because they are more accessible than landscape, in relation to perspective, and allow the artist to see the multiple perspectives of the object.
Beginning in 1909, he began to work with Pablo Picasso, who had been developing a similar style of painting. His favored subject matter was developing ideas of multiple perspectives of Paul Cézanne’s, who had greatly influenced Braque.
Thus, the invention of Cubism was a joint effort between Picasso and Braque, and in 1908 they began working on the development of their new art style. Their collaboration continued until World War I, when Braque enlisted in the French army. In 1915, he received a severe head injury in the battle at Carency and suffered temporary blindness.
Georges Braque resumed painting in 1916, and working alone, began moderating the harsh abstraction of Cubism into his more personal style with brilliant